Alternatively, you could retrieve the code from SVN. Either way, if it turns out you need to patch the source code in order to create packages for your favourite Linux distribution, we 'd be interested to know about the needed changes so we can include them in our next release.

Build system

Code::Blocks implements a custom build system with very important features: ultra-fast dependencies generation, build queues and parallel builds are the most important ones to mention.

Debugging

The debugging subsystem has been greatly enhanced in the latest version. Automatic/manual watches, code/data breakpoints, call stack, disassembly listing and memory dumps are only few of its features.